Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Milwaukee County, Scott Walker Is On The Line

With all due apologies to Cory Liebmann, since I am stealing another one of his shticks:

One has to wonder if Scott Walker is going to call up his own county or the feds to complain about them making him look all wet on the stimulus issue. Again.

From the Business Journal:

The Milwaukee County Department of Transportation and Public Works has been awarded a federal grant of $210,000 in stimulus funds to invest in environmentally friendly technologies, the Obama administration said Monday.

Specifically, the city agency will use the grant to purchase gasoline-electric hybrid vans to replace gasoline-powered vans used by transit supervisors. DPW's project was one of 43 winning projects nationwide to win a share of $100 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 funds for pursuing cutting-edge environmental technologies to help reduce global warming, lessen America’s dependence on oil and create green jobs.

“Milwaukee is showing how investing in green transportation not only helps the planet and strengthens our economy, but also creates jobs,” said U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood.

He really must be getting tired of making all these phone calls.

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